#disaster response

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President lauds Mentawai residents for effective disaster response

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has lauded the inhabitants of Mentawai Islands for following disaster response ...

Twitter greets President Jokowi with "Indonesia Raya"

Indonesias national anthem "Indonesia Raya" was played to greet President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) when he visited the ...

Five districts in West Java prone to landslides

The districts of Garut, Tasikmalaya, Bandung Barat, Cianjur and Sukabumi in West Java are prone to landslides, ...

Western Union Mobilizes Customers, Employees, Agents, Business Associates and the Western Union Foundation to Respond to EU Refugee Crisis

- The Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation today pledged a minimum of ...

Pentagon again asks china to end island building, seeks more military contact

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a US call for a halt to land ...

Indonesian minister wants alertness in disaster-prone areas to be increased

As a precaution to face various natural disasters that may occur without warning, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah ...

Bandung to send solidarity team to Nepal

Bandung, West Java - Bandung, as the capital city of solidarity of the Asian-African region, will send a solidarity ...

Nepal pm says toll could rise to 10,000

The death toll from Nepals devastating earthquake could reach 10,000, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as residents ...

Panel at Sendai UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Highlights Opportunities for Cooperation between China, South Korea and Japan

-In support of the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) being held in Sendai from March 14-18, Soka ...

Indonesia's Banten Province prepared to face natural disasters

As many as 360 volunteers in Lebak District, Banten Province, have been trained and equipped with evacuation tools to ...

Indonesia, Philippines Agree To Intensify Bilateral Cooperation

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos two-day state visit to Manila, on May 22-23, 2014, his first since ...

Chief security minister to open Komodo Multilateral Naval Exercise 2014

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto is scheduled to inaugurate Komodo ...

US to send more marines to Australia

The United States will send 1,150 Marines to Australia in April, bolstering the roughly 200-member force already in ...

Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...